Ryan Calais Cameron: 'For Black Boys... has become more than a play – it’s a catalyst for healing and change'

I trace the roots of inspiration for my play back to a pivotal moment in my life. While training as an actor at Arts University Bournemouth and researching contemporary monologues for my third year showcase, I came across Ntozake Shange’s seminal work, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.

Immediately it ignited a fire within me – an affirmation that stories like ours deserved to be showcased in all their unfiltered glory.

Shange’s ground-breaking choreo-poem shattered conventions and challenged the